Irelands Sean Baldwin Set To Compete At Paralympic IPC World Shooting Championships

London 2012 Paralympian Seلn Baldwin, is set to compete at the key event on the 2014 International Para Shooting calendar; the Paralympic (IPC) Shooting World Championships in Suhl, Germany from July 18th - 26th inclusive.

The Kildare man, who is a member of the Irish Defence Forces, is one of 266 shooters from 53 countries who will compete at the event; a record number making it the most competitive affair on the Para shooting calendar this year.

He will compete in five separate events in the SH1 class* (detailed below), aiming to make finals in his preferred events, specifically the 10m Air Rifle Standing (R1), the 50m Rifle 3 position (R7. At the most recent IPC World Cup in the USA in June Seلn achieved a fourth place in the R7 event, and a sixth in the R1, but the field is likely to be considerably larger and ever more competitive in Suhl with all the world's best assembled. Sean and coach/team manager Liam Crawford depart for Germany on Thursday.